Mitchell v. Wells
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison county: Hon. E. G. Henry, chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The appellee filed her bill in the Chancery Court of Madison county, on the 21st August, 1857, as a citizen and resident of the State of Ohio, against the appellant, formerly executor of the will of Edward Wells, deceased. '
Appellee alleges that she is a free woman of color, and daughter *237of testator, -who died in Madison county, Mississippi, in October, 1848. That by his will, testator bequeathed to complainant a watch, bed, and three thousand dollars, to be raised out of his estate. That appellant qualified as executor, in 1848, the other executor named in the will renouncing; that the heirs…
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